The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-05
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

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the old law revived by City Clerk Murch.
A Prohibition conference is called to meet Satur
day, May 18th, at the Court House in this city.
Mr.. William I. Coburn, of this city, planted
peas and potatoes April I'D, and the peas are now
| up.
Mr.. Allen Richardson, of Clinton, has forty -one
sheep, and this spring they have dropped eighty
three lambs.
Next Tuesday will be Arbor Day. Let it he cclc.
brated by planting trees ON school house common
and elsewhere.
| The Mathews Bros. are getting ready the foun,;t-
ton for new dry house to take the place of the
one burned last fall.
Mr.. Fred W Poe, agent of the International EN-
press company, is having an Office fitted up at No.
s Phoenix Row, High street
The name Of the cycle organization in this city
| is Waldo County Whcemen. 1t WAS by some
means omitted from the item last week.
| Charles Mcintosh opened liquor shop In this
city last week. He opened it with his fist by break
Ing in all the glass in the front door.
| Mr.. Robert Z. Chase's old violin is in Boston in
the hands of il maker and Mr.. {. will know shortly
whether or not he has genuine cremona.
| Messrs. Charles W. lIancy, Hiram Chase, c. Il.
Hall, Robert Burgess and A. 5. Parker are in Port
| land rs representatives of the several Masonic bod
! les in this city.
| The shipwrights of Belfast, Me, have struck for
weekly, instead of fortnightly, payments. Boston
| Herald.
Some other Belfast. Not our Belfast.
| 1t will be relief 80 the people attending court
when steam heat is Introduced into the Court
House in this city. Tie furnace and pipes not
in good order and the room is Iilied with coal
gas.
The Maine state Heat and Light company will
put into the Windsor Hotel iii this city apparatus
for manufacturing and consuming their new gas
If it works satisfactorily Il local company will buy
the plant
The Bangor steam tug Howell was crui-in.
among the islands in the bay last week, nav ing on
| board party of gentlemen who are inter, -tctl in
| granite qual ryinS. Mr.. John Pierce, Of New loIk
who is interested in the Frankfort quarry, CON
Quoted the party.
The Fort Point House will be known in the futur,
as "Thc Woodclilr." Finely gotten up pamphlets
which show the advantages in situation ami eur
roun'ings and also the convencnccs Of tie hotel it
self are being sent out Mr.. T.. :. Douglass, of Bu,
ton, will have charge of the hotel the coming sea-
son.
| Mr. George 7. Read, of this city. has Just III,
| IN Morrill, the machinery for steam mill for til,
Daggett Bros who have put in Il thirty five horS,
power boiler and atwcnty five horse power engine
a plancr, cutting Of saws, and heading machine
They will manufacture fish barrels, lime casks an,
| apple barrels, and do general work.
| Mr. spur, of Lynn, the eastern agent of the NJ
c. Lilly Company, of Columbus, Ohio, was in Bel
fast last week for the purpose of uniforming I'll,
knights of Pythias The members of that body
are to form division of uniform rank, X p, to liz
| known as Belfast Division No.. Thirty member,
were measured for uniforms. The division will Dt
organized as as the uniforms secured
| There is but other division in the State ant
that is at Lewiston.
Mr. Amos Clement, of this city, returned HON,
last week from Seal Harbor, Mr. Desert, where Ii,
had been looking after his hotel interests. lrepal
ations are being made for the coming. season am
Mr.. Clement has received the llsua, number of ap
| plications for summer boarlers. Ir. {. and III:
brother building store at sea! IIarbor, auo
| also one at North East Iiarbor The Glen Cove
| house is adding fifty rooms and Prof. Thaycr viii
! build cottage at seal Iiarbor. Mr.. Clement say:
much building is being done at n L. Harder, an,
| everybody expects good season.
| Mr.. Charles NJ. Libby, who died at Hammond
La, April 18TH in his Goth year, was an e>emplar,
| young man of Christian character, member %
Pine Street Congregational church, Lewiston, an,
| specially interested in sabbath school aud y NJ
c. A. work. He resigned his position i'll the Office
of Hill Mill, Lewiston, last June and entered upon
| course of study at the Nichols Latin school III,
| health failing he went South last December, Whcr,
| In spite of the of loving friends, lis healtE
steadily declined until he passed peace uily away
| The deceased WAS IL son of Mr.. Phineas Libby u
| this city.
Don't forget the drama of "Esmeraa' ut tn,
| Belfast Opera House tonight. The east given il
the advertisement on the fourth page, includes tho
| best local talent, while Sanborns orchestra viii
furnish the music. The play itself a decentralization
of one of Mrs. Burnett's novels. i very pleasing
and it will be wei presented. There should he ;
| large attendance. The sale Of ticket opened a
Poors drug store at nine O'Clock Monday morning,
| and people were in waiting Two hours before tina
time. Fora short time there wa rush. The crow,
were served in turn ami all the most avaiabl,
seats quickly sold.
| There will he an adjourned Stockholders mcetin.
of the Masonic Temple Association at the Temple
on Friday evening, to hear and act on a report of
| committee appointed at the annual meeting TIN
| committee will report favorably on a proposition
| to build an extension to the Temple Main street
to fill in the vacant space between that builin:
and Foletts store. The exterior viii he thlp
stories in hight and will give ON the ground Hoo
additional room to Miss Ferguson, A. T. Mansliel,
and u. 7. Palmer. Several excellent offices viii
be made in the upper stories. The architecture
will conform to that of the Temple.
RETURN OF CAPT HILME AND WIFE. Capt
Hume and wife left two weeks ago to attend til
Army anniversary meetings in Boston. Bcfor
leaving they received orders from the Commission
CT In New York to begin work in Kansas, and la:
planned to do 50 at an early date. But numbc
of the Christian people of Belfast sent Il numcl
ously signed petition to Mr. smith, the Commando
of the salvation Army in America, to have Capt
H. and wife returned here, and saturday El~
word was received that the petition had been Ia,
orably considered. One of the salvation Arm
rules Is that officers dp not labor in one plar
longer than three months ut time unless deer
eninS interest demands Il longer stay.
| WINTERpoRT's NEW ENTERPRISE. The -yrcvS,
prise in this town now seems assured. The con
pany will organize under the name of the I'nio
Packing Company. Upon examination of til
cheese factory it has been found that there is not
sufficient supply of water to be had, and it, us
has been abandoned, and the works will he /,
Central wharf, which property has been lease
with privilege IF buying and which the bult
ing, POO feet by 80, will furnish ample acconmod;
| fart Inns tod Il